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The first person of Ba 'Alawi sada to acquire the surname al-Haddad (The Ironsmith) was Imam al-Haddad's ancestor, Sayyid Ahmad bin Abu Bakr. The Sayyid, who lived in the ninth century of the Hijra , took to sitting at the ironsmith’s shop in Tarim much of the time, hence he was called Ahmad al-Haddad (Ahmad the Ironsmith).
Abdallah ibn Alawi al-Haddad (1634–1720, buried in Hadhramaut, author on several books on Dhikr) Abdullah Ansari; Abdullah Shah Ghazi (d. 720, buried in Karachi) Abdul Khaliq Ghajadwani (d. 1179, buried in Bukhara, one of the Khwajagan of the Naqshbandi order) Abdul Qadir Gilani (1077–1166, buried in Baghdad, founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi ...
Ahmad Mashhur al-Haddad (Arabic: أحمد مشهور بن طه الحداد) was a Sunni Islamic scholar from Qaydun in Wadi Dawan, Yemen. He followed the Ba 'Alawiyya way of teaching and spent years proselytizing in East Africa, where he contributed to the establishment of mosques and schools.
Bektashis claim the heritage of Haji Bektash Veli, who was a descendant of Ali, Husayn ibn Ali, Ali al-Sajjad and other Imams. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] In contrast to many Twelver Shia, Bektashis respect all companions of Muhammad, including Abu Bakr , Umar , Uthman , Talha and Mu'awiya , though consider Ali to be the superior of all companions.
Abū Dharr al-Harawī, ʿAbd b. Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Anṣārī (Arabic: أبو ذر الهروي), also known as Abū Dharr al-Harawī was a reputable Maliki hadith specialist , a pious mystic, and Ash'ari theologian. He was from Herat (Afghanistan), but spent most of his lifetime in Mecca.
It should be known firstly, before we begin to answer, that we and our mashayikh (plural of shaykh, meaning 'religious scholars') – Allah's pleasure be on them all – and our entire group and congregation are, by Allah's praise: Imitators of the guide of creation, the pinnacle of Islam, the valiant Imam, the greatest Imam, Abu Hanifa al-Nu ...
Abd Allah consider Abu Ubayda as the second spiritual leader of the early Ibadi sect, only after the Imam Jabir ibn Zayd al-Azdi (d. 712) one of the founding figures of the Ibadis. [1] Abd Allah had many followers in the North African Ibadi community later known as the Nukkar , one of the main Ibadi branches. [ 2 ]
A mujaddid (Arabic: مجدد) is an Islamic term for one who brings "renewal" (تجديد, tajdid) to the religion. [1] [2] According to the popular Muslim tradition, it refers to a person who appears at the turn of every century of the Islamic calendar to revitalize Islam, cleansing it of extraneous elements and restoring it to its pristine purity.